Did you know that, in Paint Shop Pro (and many other software), you can paste an image as a layer or into its own image file. Read on to learn how to use those options.

Screen shot and information comes from Paint Shop Pro X2

Steps

1

Open your image into Paint Shop Pro.

2

Create a copy by holding down Ctrl+C or go to Edit >> Copy.

3

Click on Edit >> Paste... (Ctrl+V) However with Paste, there are a few options:

Paste as New Image

Paste as New Layer

Paste as New Selection

Paste as Transparent Selection

4

Paste a copy (New Image) for when you want to change the file. In this way, you can preserve the original. Always work on a copy of your original image.

5

Paste as a new layer when you want to create a mask or make partial changes to an image. Make the changes to the new layer and merge it to the background image.

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